OPERATION METHOD OF E-BOOK

• US 20120159374A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Liu, Su-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US13/041,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20120159374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An exemplary operation method is applied to an architecture having a function of reading. The architecture is selected from one of a hardware architecture and a software architecture. In particular, the operation method includes the step of: adding a function of reading assistance to the architecture by applying at least a reading assistance command to the architecture. The at least a reading assistance command for example includes a TAB command for tab labeling in the architecture.

Claims

1. An operation method applied to an architecture having a first function, the operation method comprising a step of:

adding a second function different from the first function to the architecture.

2. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the architecture is hardware.

3. The operation method according to claim 2, wherein the architecture is a digital document reader.

4. The operation method according to claim 1, wherein the architecture is software.

5. The operation method according to claim 4, wherein the architecture is a digital file.

6. The operation method according to claim 5, wherein the digital file is an electronic book application .

7. The operation method according to claim 5, wherein the step of adding a second function different from the first function to the architecture comprises:

applying at least one reading assistance command to the digital file.

8. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein the at least one reading assistance command comprises a TAB command for labeling at least one of multiple image pages displayed by the digital file each with a tab and displaying the tab on a reading image page displayed by the digital file.

9. The operation method according to claim 8, wherein the at least one reading assistance command comprises a GOTO TAB command adapted to be displayed on a reading image page displayed by the digital file;

and after the GOTO TAB command is triggered, the reading image page displayed by the digital file is switched to an image page labeled with the tab.

10. The operation method according to claim 8, wherein the at least one reading assistance command comprises a NEXT TAB command, and after an entity key is triggered to enable the NEXT TAB command, a currently-displayed image page with the tab displayed by the digital file is switched to the next image page with the tab.

11. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein the at least one reading assistance command comprises a RETURN command, and after an entity key is triggered to enable the RETURN command, a currently-displayed image page displayed by the digital file is switched back to the previous image page.

12. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein the reading assistance command is created by an edit software.

13. The operation method according to claim 7, wherein the reading assistance command is issued from a hardware system.

14. The operation method according to claim 13, wherein the hardware system is a portable electronic device.

15. An operation method applied to an architecture having a function of reading, the architecture being selected from one of a hardware architecture and a software architecture, the operation method comprising:

adding a function of reading assistance to the architecture by applying at least a reading assistance command to the architecture;

wherein the at least a reading assistance command comprises a TAB command for tab labeling in the architecture.

16. The operation method according to claim 15, wherein the at least a reading assistance command further comprises a GOTO TAB command.

17. The operation method according to claim 16, wherein the at least a reading assistance command further comprises at least one of a NEXT TAB command and a RETURN command.